These Ruthless Deeds

Today's post is on These Ruthless Deeds by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas. It is 293 pages long and is published by Swoon Books. The cover is dark red with a fan and a knife on it. It is the second in their These Vicious Masks series. You need to have read the first novel to understand what is going on. There is some mild foul language, no sex, and some mild violence in this book. The story is told from first person close of the main character Evelyn. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- England, 1883. Still recovering from a devastating loss, Evelyn is determined to use her powers to save other gifted people from those who would harm them. But when her rescue of a young telekinetic girl goes terribly wrong, Evelyn finds herself indebted to a secret society devoted to recruiting and protecting people like Evelyn and her friends.
As she follows the Society’s orders, healing the sick and embarking on perilous recruitment missions, Evelyn sees her problems disappear. Her reputation is repaired, her friends are provided for, and her parents are newly wealthy. She reunites with the dashing Mr. Kent and recovers the reclusive Mr. Braddock (who has much less to brood over now that the Society can help him to control his dangerous power). But Evelyn can’t help fearing the Society is more sinister than it appears...

Review- We start just about where the first novel left off with Evelyn saving another special person like herself and her new friends. Evelyn is trying to find Sebastian Braddock and find a way to help him with his power. Instead she finds a society for people like herself and learns about people with powers. The plot is as fast paced as the first one with the reader seeing more of the world that Evelyn really lives in now. There are plots and counter-plots, the love triangle is handled and over with, Evelyn learns that Rose is not dead and so much more happens in this volume. If you likes the first novel then you are getting more of the same and that is just what I wanted.

I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.